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Locality Name:
Xinxing Co., Yunfu, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 234598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinxing Co., Yunfu, Guangdong, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Tiantang Pb-Zn Deposit
U Deposit No. 153
U Deposit No. 203

Latitude: 22°35'4"N
Longitude: 112°2'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.584444444444,112.04166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1381578803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31381571534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1381571588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1381579052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13815711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13815727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1381574979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213815727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81381571756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1381573846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1381571027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61381574135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21381579895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1381578173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13815724243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31381571544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1381576890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313815914640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21381575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213815917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2238157,3815939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81381579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2238157,3815961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13815721482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2238158,381592718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O138158890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101381571395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31381571247



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